Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer
Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 15 · 2026-10-04
IELTS Writing Task 2 question
In many countries today, crime novels and TV crime dramas are becoming more and more popular. Why do you think these books and TV shows are popular? What is your opinion of crime fiction and TV crime dramas?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Student answer (Band 5.0)
In this contemporary era, illegal acts are increasing fundamentally. It is observed that offence novels and TV offence serials are becoming dramatically trending. My inclination is elaborated in ensuing paragraph regarding this controversy.
Initially, individuals can get up to date news and informations by crime novels and dramas. Basically, it enhance awareness towards the people about going on activities in modern's era. Moreover, it helps to get familiar about the crucial precausations. For an example, Nirbhaya rap case is published globally on television which inspired a portion of women to get self defense training in order to prevent themself from any circumtances.
Therefore, showing crime acts publicly can become the reason of inflexibility in society. Dangerous offence like terrorist attack, plan hijack and molestation are spreading the fear and incovenience among citizens. Consequently, it impact on the bonding of people and their leaders.
AI examiner evaluation
| Criterion | Band |
|---|---|
| Task Achievement / Task Response | 4.0 |
| Coherence and Cohesion | 5.5 |
| Lexical Resource | 5.0 |
| Grammatical Range and Accuracy | 5.5 |
| Overall | 5.0 |
Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 4.0
Your response sits at this level because it only minimally addresses the prompt. While you briefly touch upon why crime fiction is popular by suggesting people get news and information from it, your overall discussion remains underdeveloped and tangential. Furthermore, there is a critical length issue: the task requires a minimum of 250 words, but your response contains only 143 words, falling significantly short of the requirement. To achieve a higher band score, you must write at least 250 words, clearly separate the two parts of the prompt in your introduction, and fully extend and support your ideas with relevant examples rather than stopping after a few brief sentences.
Coherence and Cohesion: Band 5.5
You demonstrate some basic organization by dividing your writing into short paragraphs, and you attempt to use cohesive devices such as 'Initially', 'Moreover', and 'Therefore' to link your thoughts. However, there is no clear overall progression of ideas, and the transitions feel somewhat mechanical. Referencing is also occasionally unclear, such as the pronoun use in 'prevent themself'. To move up to a higher band, you need to ensure that your ideas logically flow from one sentence to the next with smoother transitions, and develop your paragraphs more thoroughly so that the overarching structure feels cohesive and unified rather than disjointed.
Lexical Resource: Band 5.0
Your vocabulary range is limited, utilizing basic and sometimes inappropriate phrasing for the task. You make noticeable errors in word choice and collocation, such as using 'offence novels' instead of 'crime novels', 'offence serials' instead of 'TV crime dramas', and 'crucial precausations' instead of 'precautions'. There are also awkward expressions like 'illegal acts are increasing fundamentally'. These errors cause some difficulty for the reader. To improve, you should focus on learning correct collocations for academic topics, expanding your range of less common lexical items, and carefully checking your word forms and spelling before finalizing your writing.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5
You display a limited range of sentence structures, and your attempts at complex sentences are frequently marred by errors. There are notable issues with verb forms, subject-verb agreement, and plurals, such as 'informations' (which is uncountable), 'it enhance', 'modern's era', and 'it impact on'. Punctuation and prepositions also show frequent lapses, for instance in 'published globally on television' or 'prevent themself from any circumtances'. To reach a higher band, you must produce a wider variety of complex structures with greater accuracy, ensuring that basic grammatical rules regarding plurals, tense agreement, and articles are consistently applied.
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